Improvement in coin-holders



Gi o. HATCH. Goin-Holder.

No. 214,130. Patented April 8, 1879.

By his .dttorney -MPETERS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, wAsmNGON4 D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE C. HATCH, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,130, dated April 8, 1879 application filed March 11, 1879.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEO. C. HATCH, oi Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of skeleton coin-holders designed to hold a certain number of coins, while at the same time they may be seen and counted, if desired-for instance, live dollars in quarter-dollars, ten dollars in half-dollars, 85e.

To accomplish this object I make the holder of such dimensions that coins of different denominations will exactly iit the holder made for them, and that a certain number of the coins will exactly fill the holder. I do not claim to be the inventor of this feature of the device, or to have originated the idea of thus packing coin.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my coin-holder with the coins held in position. Fig. 2 is a top view of the coin-holder when in the position as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents the position of the vertical arms when compressed in order to admit the coins. Fig. 4 is a top view of the holder when in the position as shown in Fig. 3.

A, B, and C are the vertical arms. D and E are hooked ends fitting into the loops F and G, respectively.

The operation is as follows: The arms A and C are compressed in order to admit the coins, as shown in Fig. 3. The arms are then allowed to spring back to their normal condition, thus holding the coins securely in position, as shown in Fig. 1. I

My invention consists in making a coinholder of wire, so bent and formed that there will be three or more vertical arms, so arranged that one or more of the arms maybe sprung or compressed sufficiently to admit the coins, ,and then allowed to spring back to their normal position, thus doing away with all catches or other contrivances for keeping the retaining-arm or arms in position.

Acoin-holder madein this manner is cheaper,

especially if made of one piece of wire,vstron ger, easier to manipulate, and more durable than any other coin-holder in the market.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and for which I desire Letters Patent, 1s

The arms A, B, and C, in combination with the spring-loops F and G, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of' two witnesses.

GEORGE C. HATCH. 

